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Smallish for Dummies

adjective

pronunciation: 'smɔlɪʃ

What does Smallish really mean?

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Smallish is a word we use to describe something that is sort of small, but not quite as small as it could be. It's like when you have a snack and it's not really big, but it's not super tiny either. It's in between. Imagine you have a cookie that's bigger than a crumb, but smaller than a full-size cookie. You might say that it's smallish.

Now, let's break it down a little bit more. When we say something is small, we mean that it is not very large in size. It's not big or huge, it's little. For example, if you have a toy car that can fit in the palm of your hand, you could say it's small. But smallish is a little different. It's like saying something is small, but with a touch of something else. It's not just small, but slightly more than that.

Think of it this way: if we imagine a scale from very small to very big, with a tiny dot representing something very small and a large circle representing something very big, smallish would be somewhere in the middle. It's not quite at the dot, but it's not all the way to the circle either. It's like when you're playing a game and you're not winning, but you're also not losing. You're in between. That's smallish.

Let me give you another example. Imagine you have a bag of marbles. If you take out just a few marbles, you could say you have a smallish amount of marbles. It's not a huge pile, but it's also not just one or two. It's in the middle. Or if you have a piece of cake that's not the biggest slice, but it's also not the smallest slice, you could describe it as smallish. It's like a middle ground between being big and being small.

In summary, smallish means something is kind of small, not quite tiny but not quite big either. It's the middle ground between small and something larger. It's like a touch more than small, but not quite big.


Revised and Fact checked by James Lee on 2023-10-28 19:08:59

Smallish In a sentece

Learn how to use Smallish inside a sentece

  • My pet hamster is smallish compared to the other hamsters in the pet store.
  • The smallish butterfly landed on the flower to drink nectar.
  • I found a smallish seashell while walking on the beach.
  • The smallish child struggled to carry the heavy backpack.
  • The smallish tree in our backyard provides shade during hot summer days.

Smallish Similar Words

Words that similar to the original word, but are not synonyms.

little small